Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes
Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes
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DOI：
10.1257/app.20170085
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Dube, Arindrajit
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作者：
Dube, Arindrajit
有强有力的证据表明，较高的最低工资会增加处于分配底部的家庭收入。在不同规格中，非老年人贫困率相对于最低工资的长期（3 年或以上）最低工资弹性范围在 -0.220 至 -0.459 之间。家庭收入第十和第十五个无条件分位数的长期最低工资弹性范围在 0.152 到 0.430 之间，具体取决于具体情况。公共援助的减少部分抵消了这些收入增长，当使用包括税收抵免和非现金转移支付在内的扩大收入定义时，收入增长平均为 66%。
There is robust evidence that higher minimum wages increase family incomes at the bottom of the distribution. The long-run (3 or more years) minimum wage elasticity of the non-elderly poverty rate with respect to the minimum wage ranges between -0.220 and -0.459 across alternative specifications. The long-run minimum wage elasticities for the tenth and fifteenth unconditional quantiles of family income range between 0.152 and 0.430 depending on specification. A reduction in public assistance partly offsets these income gains, which are on average 66 percent as large when using an expanded income definition including tax credits and noncash transfers.